After two games on the road, Mountain Ridge is heading back home. They will take on the O'Connor Eagles at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Ridge and O'Connor are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: O'Connor, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked 25th). Mountain Ridge wound up with the same score they had in their last game (4-1), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for them in their matchups with O'Connor: they've now lost three in a row.
Smith Bailey was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits (and not a single walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings every time he's pitched this season.
Even though they lost, Mountain Ridge didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as O'Connor only tossed four.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 12-11. As for O'Connor, they pushed their record up to 18-7 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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